Population below poverty line:
40% (2001 est.)

Household income or consumption by percentage share: lowest 10%: 2.3% highest 10%: 31.9% (2003)

Distribution of family income - Gini index:
46.6 (2003)

Inflation rate (consumer prices):
7.6% (2005 est.)

Investment (gross fixed):
15.5% of GDP (2005 est.)

Budget:
revenues: $12.38 billion
expenditures: $15.77 billion; including capital expenditures of NA
(2005 est.)

Public debt:
72.3% of GDP (2005 est.)

Agriculture - products:
sugarcane, coconuts, rice, corn, bananas, cassavas, pineapples,
mangoes; pork, eggs, beef; fish

Industries:
electronics assembly, garments, footwear, pharmaceuticals,
chemicals, wood products, food processing, petroleum refining,
fishing

Industrial production growth rate:
2.2% (2005 est.)